Shafaq News / Kurdistan Islamic Union believed on Sunday, that the recent letter addressed by the President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani to the political parties will form the beginning of resolving the problems and a breakthrough in the crisis. The leader in the Union , Osama Jameel said in an interview with Shafaq News, that Barzani’s statement today is the beginning of resolving the problems and a breakthrough in the crisis and will calm tensions, especially after the recent incident yesterday, at a checkpoint in Erbil with a number of parliamentarians of Change Movement. He expressed his belief that the political blocs will interact positively with the call, it's likely to lead to renew Barzani’s mandate for two years, on condition to amend the constitution and hold elections after two years and to choosing the head of the regional parliament to be parliamentary.

President of Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani called on Sunday, all parties in the region to conduct a meeting before Aug. 20 and approve what they see as beneficial to the interests of the region to get out of the crisis.

This came in a letter directed by Barzani today to all official parties legally licensed in the region, received by Shafaq News, demanding the Region’s Office to provide the necessary cooperation in this regard.

Barzani said in the letter that in order to pass this crisis, I demand all to participate in the government and parliament of Kurdistan parties and those that have a legal permit to meet before the twentieth of the current August and decide what they see fit for the benefit of the country and end the crisis in order to be implemented.

The mandate of President of Kurdistan region extended in the nineteenth of this August will end without the political parties reach a compromise that pleases all of the divided parties to the two fronts; first the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , Change Movement , Islamic Union , the Islamic Group that demand for a parliamentary system and elect the President of the region within the Parliament and define his powers and make them ceremonial, and the second front includes Kurdistan Democratic Party and some small blocs in parliament and calls for extension of Barzani’s mandate to the end the current parliamentary session and elect the President of the region through direct ballot. SOURCE